Voices of Canton (VOCI) members are celebrating the holiday season by raising their voices in song, dressing in elaborate costumes and throwing a feast "fit for a king."

• The choral group will perform a free concert at 7:30 tonight in the sanctuary of St. Stephen the Martyr Lutheran Church, 4600 Fulton Drive NW in Jackson Township. The show will follow the "holiday festival" format, in which seasonal music is mixed with readings and scripture, as well as carols and songs sung by the audience. The show will include an array of selections, including a Renaissance motet, a calypso carol and a movement from "The Nutcracker." The group also will perform Stanford Scriven's "Christ the Appletree," an allegorical carol created when the composer was only 20 years old. According to the group, VOCI will be one of the first Ohio choirs to perform the piece.

• VOCI members have something new up their lace-trimmed sleeves for this year's Madrigal Feaste. After performing the event at the Canton Cultural Center for the Arts for more than 30 years, the group will entertain this year at the Canton Woman's Club at 822 Market Ave. N. Members still will dress in madrigal costumes, representing monks, guards, singers and litter carriers, and will entertain with holiday music. Guests will be treated to a feast of mushroom and barley soup, roasted boar with apple-raisin dressing, roasted red skinned potatoes, warm wassail, green beans, bread and yule log with hunter's sauce. A wine and ale bar will be available. Dinner times are 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $48 and can be obtained by calling 330-452-4098 or online at voicesofcanton.org/tickets.